I believe it would be helpful for developers to fully understand the pros/cons of using this framework. I’ve seen various posters that use blueprint, but don’t really know whats under the hood.
If anyone could contribute their opinions of this framework, and most importantly the issues it can cause, I think it would be very helpfully for everyone.
One area off the bat that caught my eye:
CON:
[small | large]
This assumes the presentation of the content being encompassed will always be small or large.
As well, the span system fits into this same criteria. I personally think this framework is just full of assumptions.
/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blueprint CSS Framework 0.8
http://blueprintcss.org
* Copyright (c) 2007-Present. See LICENSE for more info.
* See README for instructions on how to use Blueprint.
* For credits and origins, see AUTHORS.
* This is a compressed file. See the sources in the 'src' directory.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* reset.css */
html, body, div, span, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, code, del, dfn, em, img, q, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {margin:0;padding:0;border:0;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:100%;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;}
body {line-height:1.5;}
table {border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;}
caption, th, td {text-align:left;font-weight:normal;}
table, td, th {vertical-align:middle;}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after {content:"";}
blockquote, q {quotes:"" "";}
a img {border:none;}
/* typography.css */
body {font-size:75%;color:#222;background:#fff;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {font-weight:normal;color:#111;}
h1 {font-size:3em;line-height:1;margin-bottom:0.5em;}
h2 {font-size:2em;margin-bottom:0.75em;}
h3 {font-size:1.5em;line-height:1;margin-bottom:1em;}
h4 {font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:1.25em;}
h5 {font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:1.5em;}
h6 {font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;}
h1 img, h2 img, h3 img, h4 img, h5 img, h6 img {margin:0;}
p {margin:0 0 1.5em;}
img.left {float:left;margin:1.5em 1.5em 1.5em 0;padding:0;}
img.right {float:right;margin:1.5em 0 1.5em 1.5em;}
a:focus, a:hover {color:#000;}
a {color:#009;text-decoration:underline;}
blockquote {margin:1.5em;color:#666;font-style:italic;}
strong {font-weight:bold;}
em, dfn {font-style:italic;}
dfn {font-weight:bold;}
sup, sub {line-height:0;}
abbr, acronym {border-bottom:1px dotted #666;}
address {margin:0 0 1.5em;font-style:italic;}
del {color:#666;}
pre {margin:1.5em 0;white-space:pre;}
pre, code, tt {font:1em 'andale mono', 'lucida console', monospace;line-height:1.5;}
li ul, li ol {margin:0 1.5em;}
ul, ol {margin:0 1.5em 1.5em 1.5em;}
ul {list-style-type:disc;}
ol {list-style-type:decimal;}
dl {margin:0 0 1.5em 0;}
dl dt {font-weight:bold;}
dd {margin-left:1.5em;}
table {margin-bottom:1.4em;width:100%;}
th {font-weight:bold;}
thead th {background:#c3d9ff;}
th, td, caption {padding:4px 10px 4px 5px;}
tr.even td {background:#e5ecf9;}
tfoot {font-style:italic;}
caption {background:#eee;}
.small {font-size:.8em;margin-bottom:1.875em;line-height:1.875em;}
.large {font-size:1.2em;line-height:2.5em;margin-bottom:1.25em;}
.hide {display:none;}
.quiet {color:#666;}
.loud {color:#000;}
.highlight {background:#ff0;}
.added {background:#060;color:#fff;}
.removed {background:#900;color:#fff;}
.first {margin-left:0;padding-left:0;}
.last {margin-right:0;padding-right:0;}
.top {margin-top:0;padding-top:0;}
.bottom {margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:0;}
/* forms.css */
label {font-weight:bold;}
fieldset {padding:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.5em 0;border:1px solid #ccc;}
legend {font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em;}
input[type=text], input.text, input.title, textarea, select {background-color:#fff;border:1px solid #bbb;}
input[type=text]:focus, input.text:focus, input.title:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus {border-color:#666;}
input[type=text], input.text, input.title, textarea, select {margin:0.5em 0;}
input.text, input.title {width:300px;padding:5px;}
input.title {font-size:1.5em;}
textarea {width:390px;height:250px;padding:5px;}
input[type=checkbox], input[type=radio], input.checkbox, input.radio {position:relative;top:.25em;}
form.inline {line-height:3;}
form.inline p {margin-bottom:0;}
.error, .notice, .success {padding:.8em;margin-bottom:1em;border:2px solid #ddd;}
.error {background:#FBE3E4;color:#8a1f11;border-color:#FBC2C4;}
.notice {background:#FFF6BF;color:#514721;border-color:#FFD324;}
.success {background:#E6EFC2;color:#264409;border-color:#C6D880;}
.error a {color:#8a1f11;}
.notice a {color:#514721;}
.success a {color:#264409;}
/* grid.css */
.container {width:950px;margin:0 auto;}
.showgrid {background:url(src/grid.png);}
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.span-3 {width:110px;}
.span-4 {width:150px;}
.span-5 {width:190px;}
.span-6 {width:230px;}
.span-7 {width:270px;}
.span-8 {width:310px;}
.span-9 {width:350px;}
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.span-11 {width:430px;}
.span-12 {width:470px;}
.span-13 {width:510px;}
.span-14 {width:550px;}
.span-15 {width:590px;}
.span-16 {width:630px;}
.span-17 {width:670px;}
.span-18 {width:710px;}
.span-19 {width:750px;}
.span-20 {width:790px;}
.span-21 {width:830px;}
.span-22 {width:870px;}
.span-23 {width:910px;}
.span-24, div.span-24 {width:950px;margin:0;}
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input.span-2, textarea.span-2 {width:58px!important;}
input.span-3, textarea.span-3 {width:98px!important;}
input.span-4, textarea.span-4 {width:138px!important;}
input.span-5, textarea.span-5 {width:178px!important;}
input.span-6, textarea.span-6 {width:218px!important;}
input.span-7, textarea.span-7 {width:258px!important;}
input.span-8, textarea.span-8 {width:298px!important;}
input.span-9, textarea.span-9 {width:338px!important;}
input.span-10, textarea.span-10 {width:378px!important;}
input.span-11, textarea.span-11 {width:418px!important;}
input.span-12, textarea.span-12 {width:458px!important;}
input.span-13, textarea.span-13 {width:498px!important;}
input.span-14, textarea.span-14 {width:538px!important;}
input.span-15, textarea.span-15 {width:578px!important;}
input.span-16, textarea.span-16 {width:618px!important;}
input.span-17, textarea.span-17 {width:658px!important;}
input.span-18, textarea.span-18 {width:698px!important;}
input.span-19, textarea.span-19 {width:738px!important;}
input.span-20, textarea.span-20 {width:778px!important;}
input.span-21, textarea.span-21 {width:818px!important;}
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input.span-23, textarea.span-23 {width:898px!important;}
input.span-24, textarea.span-24 {width:938px!important;}
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.append-3 {padding-right:120px;}
.append-4 {padding-right:160px;}
.append-5 {padding-right:200px;}
.append-6 {padding-right:240px;}
.append-7 {padding-right:280px;}
.append-8 {padding-right:320px;}
.append-9 {padding-right:360px;}
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.append-22 {padding-right:880px;}
.append-23 {padding-right:920px;}
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div.colborder {padding-right:24px;margin-right:25px;border-right:1px solid #eee;}
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